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(Sen- e;, E' ior racegoers say that back in the nine- ties, Guttenherg, just across the Hudson River from Forty-second Street, used to run the year round, but that really doesn't count because E E The Gut, as it was known, ; was an outlaw track.) The c:: session at the Bi b O" A was not only the longest but the dull- est I can remember, and I have the memory of an elephant. Except for a few high moments-Chateauga}'s raCe in the Belmont Stakes, Kelso's in the Suburban, Cyrano's in the Brooklyn, and Cicada's finish in the Sheepshead Bay Handicap-it seemed an almost in- terminable procession of second-class horses running in claiming races, most of them at six furlongs. Actually, it wore out the track. (And some horseplayers, too. ) Not to go deeply into details, a racing strip is built with nearly as much care as is given to the acoustICS in a concert hall. A bed of crushed rock, to start with, is covered with a layer of sand, to furnish good drainage, and over the sand goes at least six inches of clay or marl, to provide a firm footing for the runners. Track superintendents pav special attention to the composition of this base, as they call it. The one at Aqueduct is of a special clay found near Albany, mixed with sand to make it more resilient This is topped with three inches of sand and a leavening of clay, called a cushion, which lessens the jar to the joints and the strain on the ten- dons of horses galloping over it. Well, it seems that the tractors and heavy water- ing carts that have been going round and round the track before every race day after day for four months have done things to the base and reduced the effec- tive depth of the cushion. While the horses are taking the waters at Saratoga Springs, the Aqueduct track will be re- conditioned and made ready for eighty- four more days of racing. S ARATOGA'S celebration of its centen- nial of racing began last weekend with open house at the course on Union A venue, a parade, fireworks at the lake, and other high jinks. I'm told that the grandstand at the track has been deco- rated with bunting and red-and-white pennants-the colors of the old Sara- toga .Lt\ssociation; sounds very ga} in- deed. All last week, motor vans ful] of horses were rolling out of Belmont Park bound for the Spa, so there should be enough racers on the grounds to fill the fourteen stakes on the flat and all the lesser races listed for the meeting. By the way, the Saratoga Cup, Inaugurated in 1865 and discontinued when the New York Racing Association streamlined its programs in 1955, has been revived-for the centennIal, no doubt. It will be run on August 23rd, not at a mile and three-quar- ters, which was the distance when it was won by such notables as Kentucky, Longfellow, Parole, Beldame, Extermi- nator, Gallant F'ox, Dark Secret, and Styn11e, but at a mile and five fl1rlongs, and over the turf course instead of the main track. Other fixtures I WIsh the management would bring back are the United States Hotel Stakes and the Grand Union Hotel Stakes, for two- year-old ; the Saratoga Handicap, which used to follow the Flash Stakes on opening day; and another oldie, the Merchants' and Citizens' Handicap, for which-and thIs is hard to believe-the merchants and citizens of Saratoga used to put up the purse. Kelso is expected to run for the Whit- ney Stakes on Saturday, and should win it. Other coming events are the Ala- bama Stakes on August 10th; the Sara- toga Special on the 12th; the Travers on the 17th (there's talk that Candv Spots will come East for it and have an- other go at Chateaugay ); and the Hope- ful on August 24th, the closing day of the meeting. IF you're going to a dude ranch in- stead of Saratoga, it is suggested that you put "Your Western Horse, His Ways and His RIder," by Nelson C. Nye (A. S. Barnes) in your bedroll. It is a consistently entertaining account of what the beast is, where he came from, and what he can do, together with ad vice on how to handle him. Mr. Nye, an authori on the subject, also tells how to train one for quarter-horse races. -AuDAX MINOR . GOOD MORNING: What have you always longed for? The A.Y.S.C. can make it possible Is it an English or an American bicycle, a 4 Tran- sistor Tape Recorder, an Air Rifle... -Letter received by a man on 1fT est Eighty-first Street. Don't be silly. It's Mary Pickford.